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Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

The Shocking Truth About Global Plastic Recycling Rates The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

Van Dyk Recycling Solutions uses vertical integration to tackle the global plastic waste crisis through advanced processing.

The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

In Portage County, people can recycle plastic containers marked with numbers 1, 2 or 5, but only if they meet specific ...

The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. The report cites ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

The European Union has unveiled proposals to help the bloc's plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...